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Fire TV Stick 4K

Installation

  1. Navigate to this GitHub's downloads page (https://github.com/sweenwolf/LauncherHijack/releases/tag/4K.0.3) or (https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82328281&postcount=225) on your desktop/laptop and download the latest APK

  2. Install ADB on your desktop/laptop (Google will help you) and ensure a connection to your Fire TV.

  3. Connect to your Firestick 4K by this command: adb connect youripaddress:port eg: adb connect 192.168.43.147:5555

  4. Install Launcher Hijack with this command

adb install -g <path to downloaded APK> eg: adb install -g C:\Downloads\LH4K.0.3.apk

if you installed Launcher Hijack without using "-g" then you'll have to enable the accessibility service using this command:

adb shell pm grant com.baronkiko.launcherhijack android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

  1. Find and open Launcher Hijack
  2. Press Done to Save the Settings
  3. Select your desired Launcher from the list provided
  4. Reboot your device (Recommended)
  5. Congratulation, if all is working correctly your home button should now open your chosen launcher.

Fire Tablets

Installation

  1. Natigate to this GitHub's downloads page (https://github.com/BaronKiko/LauncherHijack/releases) on your tablet and download the latest APK
  2. Open your newly downloaded file and install like any other Android application
  3. Open settings and navigate to "Accessibility -> To detect home button press" and press enable
  4. If Launcher Hijack didn't open, find and open it
  5. Select your desired Launcher from the list provided
  6. Reboot your device
  7. Congratulation, if all is working correctly your home button should now open your chosen launcher

Updates (Specifically 5.6.2.0) Please disable LauncherHijack in accessibility settings during Fire OS updates. LauncherHijack causes issues during update 5.6.2.0, you wont brick your device or anything with it left enabled but you wont be able to complete update 5.6.2.0 until disabled. There is nothing I can do without degrading the application during regular use. If you somehow end up mid update with LauncherHijack enabled the easiest solution, assuming you can't get to settings, is to uninstall LauncherHijack through ADB (plenty of guides online) and reinstall it after you complete the update.

Google Now Launcher The Google Now launcher is the only known launcher that supports widgets out of the box. It can however be a pain to set up so try following these instructions:

  1. Ensure Launcher Hijack works with another launcher
  2. Install the Google Search App (Available Here)
  3. Some devices also require Google home so probably best to install that too (Available Here);
  4. Obviously install the Google Now launcher (Available Here)
  5. REBOOT,
  6. Open launcher hijack and select "Google", if you have to uncheck "Launchers only" something has gone wrong, so give another reboot a go and ensure you have the prerequisites listed above installed.
  7. Google now should open when pressing home, if it still doesn't work uninstall all prerequisites and the launcher itself, reboot and try follow the guide again. I had to reinstall once to get it working however I have had reports of people reinstalling 4-5 times before finally getting it working.

Widgets Widget support in prohibited by default for all launchers except the Google Now launcher on Fire OS devices. You can attempt to enable them for a given launcher using the following adb command: appwidget grantbind --package <launcher_package_name> --user current You can get the package name with Launcher Hijack, in the confirmation dialog when selecting a launcher. The part containted within the brackets is the package name. Unfortunatly I have had reports of mixed success with this command but it's worth trying if you want widgets for launchers other than the Google Now launcher.

Disable the Dafault Launcher If you are annoyed by the default launcher appearing while your chosen launcher is loading then you can corrupt the default launcher. Fair WARNING if you do this without any 3rd party launchers installed you will have a very hard time fixing your device and once the Fire Launcher is broken it can never be fixed for that user account, you will have to make a new user account to ressurect it.

  1. Download the corrupted launcher found in the attached files of this XDA post. You will need an XDA account to download the file.
  2. Install it using the following command adb install -r -d <path to downloaded file>
  3. Reboot

Troubleshooting If you are having issues then there are some common issues you can check here:

  • Ensure you are using an Amazon device running Fire OS, compatible with all versions as of release (6.3 = latest)
  • Ensure home button detection is enabled: "Settings -> Accessibility -> To detect home button press"
  • If Launcher Hijack keeps saying "Accessibilty Service Disabled" when opened despite "Settings -> Accessibility -> To detect home button press" being set to on:
    1. Go to "Settings -> Apps & Games -> Manage All Applications -> Launcher Hijack"
    2. Press menu
    3. Select "Uninstall for all users" then OK
    4. Power off your device
    5. Wait 5 seconds
    6. Boot
    7. Start at instillation step 1
  • Ensure you can open your launcher directly i.e. Using any launcher, other than your chosen launcher, and open you chosen launcher like any other app, this should open your chosen launcher. CAVIAT: This does NOT work for the google now launcher and any launcher that requires default; When opening a launcher like this you will be redirected to the fire os system settings so that you can set your default launcher which is not possible, hence why this app was created
  • Ensure you have selected your chosen launcher in Launcher Hijack
  • Reboot your device after following all previous steps
  • After clicking home initially wait 10 seconds and press home again. This happens when your chosen launchers process gets killed in the background and may happen from time to time, especially after a reboot. There are plenty of existing apps that already keep a chosen application in memory so try one of those if this is a reoccurring issue for you.
  • If all else fails try using one of the following launchers with known compatibility: Nova Launcher, Evie, Arrow Launcher

Fire TV's

Installation

  1. Natigate to this GitHub's downloads page (https://github.com/BaronKiko/LauncherHijack/releases) on your desktop/laptop and download the latest APK
  2. Install ADB on your desktop/laptop (Google will help you) and ensure a connection to your Fire TV.
  3. Install Launcher Hijack with this command adb install <path to downloaded APK>
  4. Ensure you have some Launchers installed
  5. Enable the accessibility service using these commands: adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.baronkiko.launcherhijack/com.baronkiko.launcherhijack.AccServ adb shell settings put secure accessibility_enabled 1
  6. If Launcher Hijack didn't open, find and open it
  7. Select your desired Launcher from the list provided
  8. Reboot your device
  9. Congratulation, if all is working correctly your home button should now open your chosen launcher